India, Feb. 17 -- As the India AI Impact Summit 2026 unfolds at Bharat Mandapam, the air is thick with a sense of historic inevitability. At the AWS Symposium organised on the sidelines of the Summit, the conversation has shifted to the "India Way", a model of digital transformation that prioritises scale, inclusion, and public good over mere profit.

At the centre of this shift is a deepening partnership between the Indian government's IndiaAI Mission and Amazon Web Services (AWS). In a panel discussion featuring Jaime Valles (VP, AWS APJC) and Uwem Ukpong (VP, AWS Global Industries), the leaders outlined a vision where AI is not just a tool for the elite, but the foundational "operating system" for a nation of 1.4 billion people.

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